The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-10
OPINION OF THE suPREAE COURT.

The decision Of tho United States gu.
prome court upon the petition for . writ
Of srror n the case OF tho Chicago snsr.
chists was announced last Wednesday AFT
ernoon by Chief Justice Waite In . long
and carefully prepared opinion, which oc.
cupied thirty.ive minutes In the reading.
Tho court holds in brief:
First-That the first ton amend msnts
TO tho constitution arc limitations upon
federal and not upon state action.
Second-That the jury law OF Illinois 10
upon ito face valid and constitutional, and
that it is similar in it's provisions to the
statute OF Utah. which was sustained in
this court in the case OF Hopt vs. the terri.
tory Of Utah.
Third-That it does not appear In the
record that upon the evidence the trial
lord incompetent.
Fourth-That tho object to the admis.
sion OF the Johann Most letter and tho
cross examination OF Spies. which counsel
Tor the prisoners maintained, virtually
compelled them to testify asaiust them.
selves were not objected to in the trial
court. and that, therefore no foundation
was laid for tho exercise Of this courts
Jurisdiction.
And fiith-1hat the question raised by
General Butler in tho cases of Spies and
Fislden upon tho bases OF their foreign ma.
tionality were neither raised or decided
in the state courts and therefore cannot be
considered here. The writ OF err or prayed
tor must consequently be denied.
There was no dissenting opinion.
HOW THE ANARcHnrs RECEIVED THE NEWS.
When tho announcement Of the result ut
Warrington was received, . note was sent up
to Spies, telling him that tho writ had been
denied, and asking II he had any statement
to make In regard to the matter. spies
was sitting In hio cell, busily en-
xaged with some manuscripta He
read the note and then returned It
with short II have nothing TO say" None
of the other men would say anything, either
Within fifteen minutes after the verdict was
known eight or ton officers in citizens clothes
appeared Two of them stepped quietly into
the Jail and the others disposed Of themselves
in the crimhal court building and about tho
premisea The baili6 at the outer door lead
ing into the jail court says he is instructed
to admit no one, but whether this applies to
tho near relatives of the death sentenced
men IL not known. The streets about tho
Jail arc perfectly quiet No crowds have
gathered and NO incidents of any sort have
al yet occurred The police are prepared
for any emergency, though they say they
have no fear Of an uprising or open vio-
lenca Without any previous lntimation .
rule riRtdly debarring visitors from the
Jail was quickly put In force. and no ono was
allowed to enter tho building during tho
afternoon except officers, reporters
and relatives Of the anarchistA Az
soon % the news from Warrington had gen.
orally circulated through tho city there was
rush OF miscellaneous people to eco the
condemned men before It was too late. They
entered the saeriff's Office in droves, but the
latch string had been Withdrawn. Loud and
long were the approximations but tho deputy
who guarded the way TO tho Jail yard was
obdurata Friends Of the doomed men bear
ing baekets Of delicacies for them begged
admittanoa The dainties were passed In
but only relatives gained entrance Sheriff
Aatsou said:
Tho Waits Of other anarchists have rot to stop.
denoeforth the doomed men will not be allowed
TO have any more recreation hours. Personally,
! would Ike to grant them all the fsvors could.
but don't think 1t would be wise to do g. Il
may seem foolish, but don't Want these men
70 cheat tho Raliows by killing themselves.
Their friends might give them dagxers or
poison, and although know that IL they should
want TO III! themselves We would be powef)ess
to prevent IL, etill should not like to have It
o1des might have been prevented.